4. Reproductive rights and ­human rights standards and principles a decision from 2006,40 the Human Rights Committee found that an unlawful interference in the complainant’s private life had occurred by a hospital’s refusal to perform an abortion in a case where this would have been lawful under the applicable national law. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that certain aspects of reproductive rights, such as the right to decide whether to have children and the space between them, fall within the sphere of the right 40 CCPR/C/85/D/1153/2003, Miss K.L.N.H. vs. Peru to private and family life (Article 8 of the ECHR).41 41 “The Court recalls that the notion of “private life” within the meaning of Article 8 of the Convention is a broad concept which encompasses, inter alia, the right to personal autonomy and personal development (see Pretty v. the United Kingdom, cited above, § 61). It concerns subjects such as gender identification, sexual orientation and sexual life (for example, Dudgeon v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 22 October 1981, Series A no. 45, pp. 18-19, § 41; and Laskey, Jaggard and Brown v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 19 February 1997, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1997-I, p. 131, § 36), a person’s physical and psychological integrity (Tysiąc v. Poland judgment, cited above, § 107) as well as decisions both to have and not to have a child or to become genetic parents (Evans v. the United Kingdom [GC], cited above, § 71). Case of A, B, C v. Ireland, Application no. 25579/05. RIGHT TO INFORMATION AND EDUCATION THE RIGHT TO SEEK, RECEIVE AND IMPART INFORMATION IN LAW This right can be found in Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which stresses the right to “seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds”, Article 10 of the ECHR, Article 13 of the ACHR, and Article 9 of the ACHPR. Article 17 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child guarantees children’s right to i­nformation. The C ­ onvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities also guarantees accessible ­information for persons with disabilities in its Article 4(h). Article 10 (h) of Convention on the ­Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women sets out the right to “access to specifi c e­ ducational information to help to ensure the health and well-being of families, including information and advice on family planning”. The rights to seek, receive, and impart information are protected by many human rights instruments. These rights are essential to the realization of reproductive rights. All persons have the right to information and counselling on health and family planning. The information relating to sexual and reproductive health should be gender-sensitive and age-appropriate, free from stereotypes, and presented in an objective, critical and pluralistic manner. This information should enable all persons to make decisions related 107